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March 16th, 2012
My husband and I did not have sex for about a month. We decided to fixed our problems and have sex. If I got pregnant can my baby be unhealthy because we did nt use fresh semen?


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replied March 19th, 2012
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A male who has reached puberty will produce millions of sperm cells every day in the testicles. It takes ‎sperm about 4 to 6 weeks to travel through the epididymis into the Vas Deferans. The seminal vesicles ‎and prostate gland produce secretions which mixes with sperm to form semen. Each time a guy ‎ejaculates, it can contain up to 500 million sperm.‎

When the male ejaculates during intercourse, semen is deposited into the female's vagina. From the ‎vagina the sperm make their way up through the cervix and move through the uterus with help from ‎uterine contractions. If a mature egg is in one of the female's fallopian tubes, a single sperm may ‎penetrate it, and fertilization, or conception, occurs.‎

Hence you need not bother if the sperm is fresh or not. Only healthy and highly motile sperms are able to travel from the vagina to the fallopian tube where fertilisation of the egg occurs.

All the older sperms (so to say) just add to the numbers.

I hope this helps.


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